Game of Thrones: George RR Martin on Winds of Winter COMPLEXITY | Books | Entertainment

Yesterday the 70-year-old’s new book Fire and Blood, a first volume history of House Targaryen, hit bookstores. To promote the release the author has taken a number of interviews and it’s not surprising that a few tit bits on The Winds of Winter have crept through. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Martin explained how much easier Fire and Blood has been to write compared to the latest book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series. The Game of Thrones author said: “Yes. Partly because it’s linear.”

Martin continued: “Although it covers 150 years or so, it’s very straightforward — here’s what happened in the year 30, here’s what happened in 25.

“In Winds, I have like 10 different novels and I’m juggling the timeline — here’s what’s happening to Tyrion, here’s what’s happening to Dany, and how they intersect.

“That’s far more complicated. And the history book, I only have one voice to do.

“It’s supposedly by the Archermaester Gyldayn who has his own particular voice; he’s a crotchety old academic.”

The author added: “When I’m doing Winds, I switch voices every time I switch chapters.

“Each has their own style and voice and have their own cast of supporting characters in different places in the world.”

He admitted: “I know there are a lot of people out there who are very angry with me that Winds of Winter isn’t finished. And I’m mad about that myself.”

Martin lamented: “I wished I finished it four years ago. I wished it was finished now. But it’s not.

“And I’ve had dark nights of the soul where I’ve pounded my head against the keyboard and said, ‘God, will I ever finish this? The show is going further and further forward and I’m falling further and further behind. What the hell is happening here? I’ve got to do this.’

“It’s been a long while since I had a new Westeros book and nobody knows that as well as I do.

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